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I need help! Not loving any girl names.

My partner and I have our boy names picked out. Our first son will be named Emrys or Walter, and we'll decide which one he looks like more when he arrives. We love both equally! But girl names are soooo hard. I love Sofia and Alice, which my partner also really likes, but Sofia is too popular for me (he doesn't care about popularity), and Alice is my best friend's favorite name, and I really don't want to take it from her. I'd be really sad if she took Emrys or Walter.

I need suggestions please! Nothing TOO popular. And the last name is really long, so I'd prefer names that aren't too long.

Wow, those are all really different names to me! Sofia is really feminine and Alice is kinda no-nonsense, Emrys is really unusual and Walter is kinda old fashioned. But I guess in general they're all (with the exception of Emrys, which, even as name-obsessed as I am, I've never even heard of!) pretty classic, so here's some suggestions.

Wow, those are all really different names to me! Sofia is really feminine and Alice is kinda no-nonsense, Emrys is really unusual and Walter is kinda old fashioned. But I guess in general they're all (with the exception of Emrys, which, even as name-obsessed as I am, I've never even heard of!) pretty classic, so here's some suggestions.

I know, my style is very eclectic. I typically only like names not in the top 1000, but then Walter just felt right and that was that! Sofia and Alice aren't really my style exactly, but I like the feel of both of them. Before I hit my slump with girl names, my favorites were Sunniva, Theodora, Georgiana, Guinevere, Delphine. But I didn't like how long they are with Emrys and Walter.

Originally Posted by alphabetdem

Have you thought about middles yet?

The most likely middle names will be either Elinor, Elinor Missoula, or Merida. I've though about ElinorMerida as a double middle name as well, but I'm not sure on the flow!

Well, for the record, I worked with a girl named Georgiana, and it was very wearable. Her nickname was Georgie. GeorgianaElinor is a big name for sure, but very pretty. My fn and ln are both on the shorter side and it always felt like not enough name, so I'm ok with long names. I think Theodora or Georgiana with Walter would be a cute subset, personally.